Either the fiction club is making an editorial statement about this book — one they would not be unique in making, I have been told by one credible source — or they just really want to learn more following a recent reading/discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird.

The answer to that vexing question (and many others) will be revealed during the club’s next meeting, which I am here to say is some 48 hours away: 7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 7, in the downstairs meeting area at RCB.